William shaw



(No Model.)

W. SHAW SHUTTLE CARRIER FOR SEWING MACHINES. NO. 276,485. Patented Apr. 24, 1883,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

V YVILLIAM SHAW, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHUTTLE-CARRIER FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,485, dated April 242, 1883.

' Application filed November 4, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it k nown that I, WILLIAM SHAW, ofGleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful 5 Improvements in Shuttle-Carriers for Sewing- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to shuttle-carriers for sewing-machines; and it consists in the parts and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

1 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my shuttle-carrier. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

My shuttle-carrier is formed preferably T- shaped, as shown in Fig. 2, one arm, A, of

which is adapted to be secured to the shuttledriving lever of a sewing-machine. The arm B is adapted to receive the shuttle, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, and is provided with two shortlips, a b, one,a, of which is provided with a recess, 0, so formed as to receive the pointed end of the shuttle, (see Fig. 1,) and the other lip, I), abuttingagainst the heel of the shuttle and retaining it in place.

It is obvious that the shuttle must rest in the shuttle-carrier in such a manner as to allow of the free passage of the needle-thread between the shuttle and carrier. Heretot'ore this object has been accomplished by allowing the shuttle to fit loosely in the carrier, but this method allows of the shuttle as it is thrown from side to side to rattle in the carrier, and by this rattling to cause more or less wear be tween the parts, and also an undesirablenoise. To obviate this rattling I first line the inner o face of the lip a with a piece of rawhide, c, or other suitable protector, which is secured to the carrier in any suitable manner and allowed to extend a short distance on the arm B. This piece of rawhide keeps the pointed end of the shuttle free from the metal of the 4,5 carrier and acts as a cushion, preventing nicking of the shuttle-point, and also preventing v noise. The lip b, I provide with a spring, d, which is secured to the arm B of the shuttlecarrier near its middle portion. This spring 0 d is 'so formed and secured to the carrier as to have a limited movement at its free end, and to act by hearing against the heel of this shuttle to keep the pointed end snugly in the recess c, and also by hearing against the side to keep the shuttle snugly against the shuttlerace. Thus it will be seen that the shuttle is prevented from rattling in the carrier. The spring cl is made weak enough to allow of the free passage of the needle-thread between the shuttle and the shuttle-carrier.

.What I claim is- 1. In a shuttle-carrier for sewing-machines, a spring secured to said shuttle-carrier in such a manner as to press against the heel and side of the shuttle, substantially as and t'or the purpose shown and described.

2. In a shuttle-carrier for sewing-machines, the combination, with the arm B, provided with a recess, 0, in one end, and a lip, b, at the opposits end, of a spring, d, secured to the carrier, substantially as shown and described, for pressing against the heel and side of the shut tle. and the cushion c, secured to the opposite end of the carrier and adapted to support the point of the shuttle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two Witnesses, this 25th day of October, 1882.

WILLIAM SHAI'V. 

